COGwriter The German publication Deutsche Welle (DW) reported the following: from Standard & Poors (called S&P below): S&P sounds alarm over US debt ceiling The US ratings agency has warned that failure to raise the country’s debt limit by the end of September could have worse consequences than the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the […]
Month: August 2017
‘Ovation for Merkel ally Guttenberg on his political come-back’
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (photo by Michael Lucan) COGwriter Karl-Theodor zu Guttnberg is again in the news. Ovation for Merkel ally Guttenberg on his political come-back 31 August 2017 BERLIN: The man once touted as Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting before his sudden fall from grace made his long-anticipated return to German politics on Wednesday with a speech […]
Herbert W. Armstrong claimed that the 7th law of success was contact with God
COGwriter In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, the late Herbert W. Armstrong listed the following first “six laws of success”: Here, then, is the first law of success: FIX THE RIGHT GOAL!… So, the SECOND law of success in time sequence, is EDUCATION, or PREPARATION… The all-important law coming next in time order […]
Rain and floods continue to affect Texas and Louisiana: Who controls the weather?
Hurricane Harvey Flooding COGwriter Flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey is massive and is continuing: August 30, 2017 HOUSTON — The devastating storm once known as Hurricane Harvey, already the biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States, delivering another punishing wave of rain Wednesday to Texas and Louisiana. Five days after roaring ashore in Texas — […]
UN warns Donald Trump has threatened press freedom. What about Germany and YouTube?
COGwriter Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, the United Nations’s top human rights official, is warning against US President Donald Trump: 30 August 2017 Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, the United Nations’s top human rights official, said US President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on news outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, ABC, CBS and […]
TPM’s William Dankenbring died
COGwriter A reader informed me that Triumph Prophetic Ministries William Dankenbring died yesterday. He died on August 29, 2017, around 1:00 pm. The cause seems to have been of congestive heart failure and renal failure. UPDATE: The reader later told me that the actual date of WD’s death was August 28, 2017–sorry for any confusion. William Dankenbring […]
David Pack’s fourth year non-anniversary–will those in RCG wake up yet?
Handwriting on the Wall (Rembrandt) COGwriter Today marks the fourth-year anniversary of the day that David Pack, leader of the improperly named Restored Church of God (RCG), falsely claimed that all in the COGs would come to him. As I repeatedly pointed out in that 2013 Spring and Summer, this was not going to happen. […]
‘Pope Francis meets with World Council of Churches leadership in Rome’
Official logo of the World Council of Churches from its website COGwriter Ecumenical News reported the following: Pope Francis meets with World Council of Churches leadership in Rome Pope Francis and the leadership of the World Council of Churches have met in the Vatican and discussed how Christian unity is vital in bringing a true […]
North Korea launches missile: Infuriates Japan and gets a response from Donald Trump
COGwriter North Korean launched a missile across Japan today: Japanese react furiously to North Korean missile launch Japanese are looking for answers after N. Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile that crossed over northern Japan. Prime Minister Abe said the incident presented a “grave threat.” Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo. August 29, 2017 The Japanese […]
Signs and lying wonders: Poltergeists and ecumenism
1911 Report of ‘Poltergeist’ COGWriter A reader sent me a link to the first of the following two related items: THE MUM at the centre of Scotland’s incredible “poltergeist” case broke her silence yesterday. Catherine Shreenan told of the stress the whole affair had placed her under – but insisted she didn’t want to discuss […]